According to Wikipedia, ice cubes are "a small, roughly cube-shaped piece of ice (frozen water), conventionally used to cool beverages." I would call this cylinderoid "roughly" cube shaped. Most party ice is cylindrical and these would still be called "ice cubes".

According to Wikipedia, ice cubes are "a small, roughly cube-shaped piece of ice (frozen water), conventionally used to cool beverages." I would call this cylinderoid "roughly" cube shaped. Most party ice is cylindrical and these would still be called "ice cubes".

According to Wikipedia, ice cubes are "a small, roughly cube-shaped piece of ice (frozen water), conventionally used to cool beverages." I would call this cylinderoid "roughly" cube shaped. Most party ice is cylindrical and these would still be called "ice cubes".

According to Wikipedia, ice cubes are "a small, roughly cube-shaped piece of ice (frozen water), conventionally used to cool beverages." I would call this cylinderoid "roughly" cube shaped. Most party ice is cylindrical and these would still be called "ice cubes".

Because a piece of ice is called an "ice cube" even if it's a sphere. English!

Actually, a cube must be a cube to be a cube. Literally every time I'm at a party and someone offers me ice cubes when the ice isn't a cube, I'm sure to correct them by educating them on proper geometry. I also insist that if they aren't going to serve CUBES of ice, to refer to their ice shapes using the proper English terms.

I get kicked out of a lot of parties, and I'll I'm trying to do is have a calm, rational conversation.